Comments on: Language, In Depth: Why the Nation Needs a Strategic Language Reservehttp://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2013/02/05/language-in-depth-why-the-nation-needs-a-strategic-language-reserve/
Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:48:58 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Page Curryhttp://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2013/02/05/language-in-depth-why-the-nation-needs-a-strategic-language-reserve/#comment-206465
Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:43:28 +0000http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=11206#comment-206465Dear M. Geisner,
I believe that we met at ACTFL last fall. As an assoc. prof. of French and Spanish, I found this article compelling. Today I am sharing it with other colleagues, as I have just learned that the search in our dept. will be for a second full-time Spanish professor, rather than French as I was told. All other instructors in our dept. are part-time, as I am now also. This is disheartening, to say the least. We have no support for French & German, as Spanish is seen as the only important language. In one way, I’m glad that people in Kentucky now see that Spanish is an important language to know: we’ve had a stream ofView MoreHispanic immigrants for about 10 years in the area, and many folks see that they are hard-working, good citizens. This is progress in the isolationist center of the country.
At the same time, there is so much ignorance about other languages in the world. I/we applaud your efforts to wake up Americans to this fact. More “ammunition” appreciated! MERCI BIEN.
Page Curry, A.B. French, MA, French; DML, French & Spanish, Middlebury
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